I act as the tongue of you,... tied in your mouth . . . . in... - Walt Whitman

"Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us."

"I celebrate myself, and sing myself."

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

"Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?"

"This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me"